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I'm in a bit of a pickle. About 2 years ago, I bought a 60 gallon air compressor from Northern Tool (here's a link to some specs I found online: Amazon.com: - Industrial Air Cast Iron Pump Compressor - 3.6 HP, 60 Gallon, Model# ILA7006056: Home Improvement. The tank says "Industrial Air", and Northern does not sell them anymore because they are discontinued. I use my compressor for powder coating and media blasting, so when it's in use it gets a good workout. About a week ago, I noticed that it kicked on and the belt was squeaking, and come to find out the pump had "locked" up. I say that because I shut it off, turned it back on, and it was working very hard to turn the pump. IT would finally turn the pump, and slowly begin to pick up speed. It now does this when the pump/motor is hot or cold, and it doesn't seem to happen all the time. I tore the pump apart to see if I could find any major problems; the valves seemed fine, and the only thing that I could find that looked a little suspect was that it seems like the cylinders and pistons are tapered. I couldn't find anyting wrong with it, so I put it back together and it still does the same thing.
So I have two questions for you.
1. Do you have any idea what would cause this? I've rebuilt car motors plenty of times, but I could not for the life of me figure this one out. Maybe it's something small that I'm missing, but I cannot find it.
2. I was looking at an Eaton Compressor 13 CFM Air Compressor Pump. I noticed that the bolt hole patterns are not the same (mine right now is about 6"x6" front-to-back and side-to-side). Would you just suggest drilling and remounting the pump on the mounting plate? And what kind of math would I need to do to figure out if my motor/pulley setup would work with that pump/pulley? My motor says it's rated at 3.7HP w/ 7HP max, 15A 220V.
I've found 1 or 2 people on eBay that are selling use pumps that would be a direct bolt in, but if I'm already spending the money I would really like to try and upgrade the pump as much as possible without upgrading the motor as well.
Forgive me if this is the wrong forum, I cannot find any info on the internet about any of this. Anyone got an idea?
I'm in a bit of a pickle. About 2 years ago, I bought a 60 gallon air compressor from Northern Tool (here's a link to some specs I found online: Amazon.com: - Industrial Air Cast Iron Pump Compressor - 3.6 HP, 60 Gallon, Model# ILA7006056: Home Improvement. The tank says "Industrial Air", and Northern does not sell them anymore because they are discontinued. I use my compressor for powder coating and media blasting, so when it's in use it gets a good workout. About a week ago, I noticed that it kicked on and the belt was squeaking, and come to find out the pump had "locked" up. I say that because I shut it off, turned it back on, and it was working very hard to turn the pump. IT would finally turn the pump, and slowly begin to pick up speed. It now does this when the pump/motor is hot or cold, and it doesn't seem to happen all the time. I tore the pump apart to see if I could find any major problems; the valves seemed fine, and the only thing that I could find that looked a little suspect was that it seems like the cylinders and pistons are tapered. I couldn't find anyting wrong with it, so I put it back together and it still does the same thing.
So I have two questions for you.
1. Do you have any idea what would cause this? I've rebuilt car motors plenty of times, but I could not for the life of me figure this one out. Maybe it's something small that I'm missing, but I cannot find it.
2. I was looking at an Eaton Compressor 13 CFM Air Compressor Pump. I noticed that the bolt hole patterns are not the same (mine right now is about 6"x6" front-to-back and side-to-side). Would you just suggest drilling and remounting the pump on the mounting plate? And what kind of math would I need to do to figure out if my motor/pulley setup would work with that pump/pulley? My motor says it's rated at 3.7HP w/ 7HP max, 15A 220V.
I've found 1 or 2 people on eBay that are selling use pumps that would be a direct bolt in, but if I'm already spending the money I would really like to try and upgrade the pump as much as possible without upgrading the motor as well.
Forgive me if this is the wrong forum, I cannot find any info on the internet about any of this. Anyone got an idea?
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